Reinforced-concrete pile and panel



E.'K. HAND.

REINFORCED CONCRETE PILE AND PANEL. I

APPLICATION FlLED SEPT.223 1919.

Patented Apr. 27,1920;

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1,338,503. s amMa ma Patented A i-,2*7,192o.

. original application filed September 2, 1919, Serial No. 321,164. Divided and this application filed September 22,1919. Serial No. 325,448.

To all whom it may concern or top of a portion of awall: embodying the Be it known that I, EDGAR K. HAND, a invention. p citizen of the United States, residing at Figs. and 6, respectively,. are sections Chicago, in the county of Cook and State 'on line 5 5 of Fig. 3, and line 6-6'of" 5 of Illinois, have invented certain new and Fig. 1, viewed in the direction indicated by useful Improvements inlReinforced- Conthe arrows. I i crete Piles and P nels, of which following is a specific r forming a member of the lower end of the This invention tee to reinforced conpile. crete a pa els, said piles adapted Fig. 8 is a top plan view, (lool'zingdown), v

to be use ately, also to be used of thenozzle illustrated infFig. 7; and with-said. ner anels to form awater. Fig. 9 is a bottom plan View of said nozzle, 65 wall. I looking up. i l i is art of building A reference character applied to designate .orced concrete for-break: a given part indicates said part throughout waters, piers, ho bridge abutm ents or the several figures'of the drawing, wherever wells for. the. in other machinery,

is well knownthat it is A represents a panel made of reinforced at all times able and at some times concrete, and provided with a" groove a at necessary 'tomake said water walls water each end thereof, and the groove a adj acent' tight, either to prevent the Washing away to each end,:on the front face thereof, Panel of the backing er the land side of said A is also pr vided With the b v led fa B,

walls, or to prevent the entrance pr water on the lower edgecthereof. Beveled faceB to an open space or'spaces in a bridgeabut (1098 l the e of the P m ll, to leave the papel funiform thickness at Amongthe objects of this invention are said ends, as at 0, b, Fig. 1. The upper edge, to obtain a pile which isanade of reinforced or side, of the panel is" represented as un- 80 concrete and which; is adapted to be used fi s ed, as at with the reinforcing imam-- with panels-of stone or granite,-and 'parti c u-- bers 6 ,6 extendingupward-beyond. said larly adapted ,.to be used with the hereinupper edge to permit a cap or. coping to be illustrated, describedand claimed panelto jOiII hGI'BtO after said panel and piles C, build up a pilastered water Wall, a pier, an Q, are installed. abutment, orthe like, and to obtain a panel The reinforced concrete pile C is also adapted to be used in combination with the v illustrated with reinforcing-members b b hereindescribed and illustrated pile, for the extending above and beyond the upper end .lFig. 7 is a vertical section of a nozzle .-ation of pumps and the same appears. '70

- r; hereinabove named purpose. "Further obthereof, for the same reason assigned to the jects are to make said piles and said. panels, similar construction of the upper-edge of econornical manner, to make piles and panel A v 7 panels which are durable, easily' installed, D illustrates a pipe which extends longiseparately. and in a co-acting position, and tud ally in pile C, and d. a nozzle which is not easily broken. aed to the lower end of pipe D. al

, ,In the accompanying and form- "represents a member which is inserted in 9,5

A nozzle d. Member 01 is provided with radial ctive' View represent blades which are directed spirally as they 1 embodying this extend downward. Said blades are made.

l thicker, as at 03?, 6?, from near their lower;

' of 3, ofa pile embodying the invend d restricted. Theobject of themember tion, viewed in the direction indicated by (Z? to give a whirlihg motion'to water c-ed therethrough as said water is dis- .5c the arrows. N J. t v) -.Fig.'3 1s --a side elevation of the piic illusc "'gedfrom the, restricted outlets dfl d ainst an obstruction, as water, dirt, or 1105 I trated in Fig. l. I u

ig. 42' is atop plan view of the upper end mud.-

. 2 is a horizontal. section on line Q EZ, ends to said ends, and thereby the outlets end of pipe I), by means of which 1) represents screw threads on the a hose or other pipe is attachable thereto. As said members form no part of this invention they are not illustrated. Y

Pile C is also provided with longitudinally extending rabbets E, E, from the upper end of the pile to' the steps 6, e; on

' which steps the ends 6, Z), of the several panels which form members of a wall rest, and by which steps the position of said panels relative to said piles are determined.

The pile is also provided with the longitudinally extending rib or tongue F, which is formed by rabbets E, E. H, H, represent recesses which extend longitudinally from the upper end of the pile to the steps 6, e.'

Tongue F, forms a member against which the ends of'the panels A, A, abut when the wall is installed.

K represents a jetty or mud sill which, when used, is made of reinforced concrete integral with the body part of the pile.

Jetty or 'mud sill K is used when a water wall comprising a plurality of said piles and panels is positioned where said wall is subjected to currents of water on the water front thereof, and a consequent liability exists that scouring or washing away of the water bed will occur at the lower edges of said panels. a

After the piles and panels are put in place the passage ways formed by grooves H, H, are grouted, and said grouting tegral with the walls of said piles and panels.

I, Fig. 1, is a strip or batten, preferably of wood, which is represented as partially forced into one of the grooves a on the front face of panel A, adjacent toone end thereof. A similar strip or batten may be forced into groove a. These strips or battens are forced into the respective grooves ting water,

ing deposited therein.

I claim: 7 1. A pile of reinforced concrete, comprismg in combination, a body provided with reinforcing members, a pipe extending longitudinally through said'body, and a nozzle at the lower end of said pipe, said nozzle provided with means to impart a whirling motion to water discharged therefrom, and said pile provided with steps adapted to form supports for a horizontally disposed co-acting member.

2. A pile of reinforced concrete comprisupper is made inbeen throughout said body,

ing in combination, a body, reinforcing members throughout said body, a pipe open at its ends extending longitudinally in said body, a nozzle at .the lower end of said pipe and in said body, said pile provided with steps midway of the ends thereof, and provided with longitudinally extending rabbets and grooves, said rabbets and grooves extending from said step to one end of the pile.

3. A pile consisting of reinforced concrete, and comprising in combination, a body portion, reinforcing members in said body,

a pipe body, and a nozzle at the lower end of said pipe, said nozzle provided with means to impart a, whirling motion to water discharged therefrom, and said pile provided extending longitudinally in said 7 between its ends with a projecting arm adapted to form a horizontally disposed jetty integral with said body.

4:. A pile consisting ,of reinforced con-v crete and comprising in combinationga body, reinforclng members throughout said body,

a pipe open at its ends extending longitudinally through said body, a nozzle at the lower endof said pipe, and insaid body, said nozzle provided with means to impart a whirling motion to water. discharged therefrom, steps ,,and a laterally extending arm on said pile, between the ends thereof, said arm on the opposite side thereof, and said pile provided with longitudinally extending rabbets and grooves, extending from said steps to one end ofthe pile.

5, In a retaining wall a pile consisting of reinforced concrete and comprising a a step being on one side of said pile'and said body, reinforcing'members throughout said I body, a pipe extending longitudinally of the said body, a nozzle at the lower end of said pipe, said nozzle provided with means to impart a whirling motion to water/discharged therefrom, steps between the ends of said pile, said steps being on one side of said pile, longitudinally extending rabbets and recesses extending from said steps to one end of the pile, in combination with a panel provided with recesses in the ends thereof,.and said panel adapted to rest on said steps to be. supported thereby, said resaid pile and panel are assembled, and grouting 1n said passage ways.

Q cesses adapted to form passage ways when,

6. In a retaining wall, piles respectively consisting of reinforced concrete, and comprising a body," reinforcing members a pipe extending longitudinally of the said body,

a nozzle at the lower end of said pipe, and in said body, said -nozzle provided with means to impart a whirling motionto water discharged therefrom, steps,

and an arm between the ends of said pile, said steps being on one side of said J pile and said arm onthe opposite side thereof, and said pile provided withlongitudi- 1,338,603 I, A v 3 at the ends thereof, and adapted to reston said steps, said-rabbets and recesses adapted to form, when said panels and piles are assembled, passage Ways, said passage ways which are formed by the recesses in said panels being adapted to receive packing, and the passage ways formed by the recesses 10 in said piles adapted to be grouted,

Chicago, 111., Sept..15., 1919.

i I EDGAR K. HAND. Witnesses: CHARLES TURNER BROWN,

B. BROWN. 

